On December 10, 2024, the Press Freedom Observatory announced the recipients of the 2024 Courage in Journalism Awards. The winners include detained journalist Ahmed Maher, held in Aden, and kidnapped journalist Mohamed Al-Miyahi, abducted in Sana'a. The observatory also posthumously awarded...
On December 10, 2024, the National Committee for Prisoners and Abductees, a civil entity in Yemen, hailed the U.S. decision to designate the Houthi Prisoners Committee as a terrorist organization as a positive step towards achieving justice for victims of systematic violations committed by the gro...
On December 9, 2024, Abdul Wahid Al-Qabali Nimran, head of the Marib branch of the Yemeni Congress, stated that the current moment presents a significant opportunity to reclaim the capital, Sana'a, and eliminate the Iran-backed Houthi group, which is internationally designated as a terrorist o...
On December 9, 2024, the General Assembly of the Yemen Football Federation announced the reelection of Ahmed Saleh Al-Essi as president for a new term spanning from 2024 to 2028. The election took place in Doha, Qatar, where Al-Essi was elected unopposed. According to a statement from the assem...
On Saturday, December 7, 2024, Mabkhoot Bin Aboud Al-Sharif, head of the Yemeni Reform Party branch in Marib, stated that "the road to the capital Sana'a goes through reconciliation and forgetting the past." His remarks came in a post on the social media platform X, addressing the po...
On Sunday, December 8, 2024, the Meteorological Center and Early Warning Authority of the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology issued a warning regarding the continuation of a cold wave, predicting very cold to severe cold weather with a possibility of frost formation in parts of th...
The National Center for Meteorology and Early Warning issued a warning on Saturday, December 7, 2024, regarding the continuation of frost, known locally as "ad-Dharib," in several mountainous provinces of Yemen in the coming hours. In its daily bulletin, seen by Barran Press, the cent...
A recent human rights report has uncovered a "complex network" responsible for the forced recruitment of Yemeni youth to fight in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The report emphasizes the urgent need for decisive action to pursue and penalize those involved in these recruitment operatio...
On Thursday, December 5, 2024, local sources reported the discovery of a 16-year-old boy, Omar Khalid Al-Qahmi, who was found hanged in a qat farm in the Amran Governorate, north of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a. According to the sources speaking to Barran Press, residents discovered the boy h...
On Thursday, December 5, 2024, the High Authority for Combating Corruption in the internationally recognized Yemeni government reported receiving a notification regarding a shipment of diesel deemed "non-compliant with international specifications" that was offloaded at Mukalla port afte...
On Thursday, December 5, 2024, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the selection of Yemeni engineer Harbiya Alhemyari as one of the 100 inspiring women for 2024. In a statement shared on X, the UNESCO Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council an...
On Thursday, December 5, 2024, the World Bank launched its Climate and Development Report for Yemen in Aden, the country’s temporary capital in the south. This report, developed in partnership with the internationally recognized Yemeni government, aims to address the urgent climate challenge...
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced that Italy has decided to appoint an ambassador to Yemen to support the internationally recognized Yemeni government, which has its temporary capital in Aden, southern Yemen. During an event in Rome, Tajani stated, ...
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, educational sources reported that semester exams have been suspended in the majority of public schools in Aden, Yemen’s temporary capital, due to a strike initiated at the beginning of the month. According to sources speaking to Barran Press, the strike con...
Local sources reported on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, that three civilians were injured when a shell fired by the Iran-backed Houthi group struck a residential area in the Al-Mudhaffar district of Taiz, southwestern Yemen. According to sources speaking to Barran Press, the shell landed this morn...
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, Abdu Rabbu Miftah, the Deputy Governor of Marib in northeastern Yemen, commended training activities aimed at empowering women and enhancing their capacities to play a significant role in community development. His remarks came during the opening of a workshop desi...
On Monday, December 2, 2024, local sources reported that a combined effort from community members and security forces successfully recovered a citizen's vehicle two weeks after it was stolen from a gas station in the Harib district of Marib province, northeastern Yemen. According to the sou...
On Monday, December 2, 2024, dozens of injured and disabled individuals gathered outside the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor office in Marib province, northeastern Yemen, to demand reforms within the National Association for the Injured and Disabled. The protesters submitted a formal petit...
On Monday, December 2, 2024, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that its forces successfully thwarted a "reckless" attack launched by the Houthi movement, classified as a terrorist organization, aimed at three commercial ships transiting the Gulf of Aden. In a statement released on the pl...
On Monday, December 2, 2024, local sources reported that groups affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) stormed a youth event in Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout province in southeastern Yemen. According to witnesses speaking to Barran Press, described as "thugs," the...